This Is Me Letting You Go

by Heidi Priebe

Just because someone is not around to appreciate the complexities of who you are does not mean that you deserve anything less than pure joy.

There are a thousand minute intricacies that make up the tapestry of who you are and not a single one has ceased to exist since the last time that somebody loved you.

We forget that we are loveable. We forget that we’re desired. We forget that we are anything other than the hard-shelled, busybody workaholics that we’ve all been trained to behave as. We forget that we, too, merit adoration.

Who you are doesn’t cease to exist because there’s nobody there to admire it.

All the little quirks that make you up are not extinguished because somebody once chose against them.

Someone is going to appreciate all of your obscurities eventually but right now they are all only your own.

Don’t forget about what makes you incredible. Don’t let your own intricacies slide. Because the loveable parts of you are not gone – I absolutely promise you that much.

Find a way to fuel your flame when no one else remembers to, because the world needs the light you give off.

Something about you reminds me that there are bigger, better, more important things out there than whether I had almonds in my salad or whether or not happy hour is a go.

You never meet the right people at the wrong time because the right people are timeless.

Your happiness becomes your priority and so long as they are contributing to it, you can work around the rest.

The right people encourage you: To try harder, dream bigger, do better. They bring out the most incredible parts of yourself and make you want to fight harder than ever before. The right people don’t impose limits on your time or your dreams or your abilities. They want to tackle those mountains with you, and they don’t care how much time it takes. With the right person, you have all of the time in the world.

There will never be a magical time when everything falls into place and fixes all our broken relationships. But there may someday be a person who makes the issue of timing irrelevant.

Without the fear of ending up alone, the opportunities open to you would become endless.

If there’s one thing we all need to stop doing, it’s waiting around for someone else to show up and change our lives. Just be the person you’ve been waiting for.

When you’re living your life confidently, freely and without restraint, you emit the kind of energy that it just isn’t possible to fake. The kind of energy that’s capable of transforming not just your own life, but the lives of people around you. So stop looking for The One to spend the rest of your life with. Be The One. And let everybody else come searching for you.